The New Light of Myanmar 17-12-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 245 2nd Waxing of Pyatho 1371 ME Thursday, 17 December, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

* Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit* Uplift of health, fitness and education

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Dec—On the occasion of the National Day of Bhutan which falls on17 December 2009, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His MajestyJigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe sendsfelicitations to King of Bhutan

Senior General Than Shwe visits HsinmyarshinPagoda, Lawkamanaung Shwegugyi Pagoda

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Dec—Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe to-gether with Member of the State Peace and Develop-

ment Council General Thura Shwe Mann, accompa-nied by SPDC member Lt-Gen Tin Aye, the Com-mander-in-Chief (Navy), the Commander-in-Chief(Air) and party, paid homage to Hsinmyarshin Pa-

goda in Bagan at 10 am yesterday. The Senior Generaland party offered soon, fruits, flowers and water to theBuddha image at Hsinmyarshin Pagoda.

(See page 6)

Yeywa Hydropower Project to generate3550 million kwh yearly

Chairman of the State Peace and Develop-

ment Council Commander-in-Chief of

Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe

inspects Yeywa Hydropower Project.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16Dec—Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-

fence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe yes-terday afternoon went onan inspection tour ofYeywa Hydropower

Project on Myitnge river,31 miles southeast ofMandalay, Mandalay Di-vision, being imple-mented by No 2 Construc-

tion Group of theHydropower Departmentunder the Ministry ofElectric Power No 1.

(See page 7)

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the

nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotismall the nationalities will have to safe-guard.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 17 December, 2009

Thursday, 17 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Grow more trees in Mt Poparegion to keep it always lushand green

It is important to conserve forests as climateand existence of living things as well as streamsdepend a lot on them and wooded mountains.

Mount Popa region in central Myanmar isan invaluable natural resource for hot and dryupcountry. It is also a major watershed area ofthe upcountry because most of rivers, streamsand creeks flowing through the region originatein the Mount Popa region.

The Head of State toured Mount Popa areain Kyaukpadaung Township on 14 Decemberand inspected the greening of the region,afforestation work and pilot tea plantationsthere. Then, in his guidance, the Head of Statesaid that it was necessary to realize the value ofMount Popa, to constantly keep it lush andgreen and to extend the cultivation of perennials,including tea, for generating more income forlocal people.

Dams already constructed around theMount Popa region are related to forests in thewatershed area of the Mount Popa region.Therefore, it is important to conserve forests.For this purpose, more than 1.3 million of trees,including teak, ironwood, Gmelina arborea,kapok eucalyptus and belleric myrobalan havebeen grown there up to now. Moreover,perennials such as cashew, taramind, sweet sopand jack fruit have also been cultivated.

The task of greening the Mount Popa regionis systematically carried out as it can contributeto favourable climate of the upcountry. Now,perennial fruit trees, tea plants on pilot plotsand mixed-crop groundnut plantations arethriving well on the eastern side of MountPopa.

Forests are important for national economy.Moreover, they can conserve soil and improvethe climatic and ecological patterns. Therefore,we would like to call on all those concerned andlocal people, realizing the value of Mount Popa,to constantly keep its environs lush and greenby growing all kinds of trees, including perennialfruit trees.

* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

NAY PYI TAW, 16Dec—Minister for CultureMaj-Gen Khin AungMyint inspectedmaintenance of ancientpagodas and stupas beingundertaken by the ministryin Pyawbwe Township on12 December.

In Ywathit Village ofPyawbwe Township , theminister heard reportspresented by DeputyDirector-General U SeinWin of Department ofArchaeology, NationalMuseum and Library(North) on maintenance ofseven ancient pagodas inthe village monasterycompound. After that, theminister called forannually taking systematicmeasures on maintenance

Culture Minister inspectsmaintenance of ancient

pagodas in Pyawbwe Tspof ancient pagodas in linewith ancient architecture.

Next, the ministerlooked into completion ofrepairing tasks for 54-foot-high pagoda in LinsinkonVillage.

MNA

Blood donation of Myanmar Brewery Ltd

MinisterMaj-Gen

Khin AungMyint

inspectsmaintenance

of ancientpagodas in

YwathitVillage,

PyawbweTownship.

MNA

Responsiblepersons from

YangonGeneral

Hospital andNational

Blood Centreand Mr

Peter Ongview

donation ofblood.—MNA

U Ohn Thwin concurrentlyappointed as ambassador to

MaldivesNAY PYI TAW, 17 Dec—The Chairman of the

State Peace and Development Council of the Unionof Myanmar has appointed U Ohn Thwin,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Union of Myanmar to the Democratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka, concurrently as AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union ofMyanmar to the Republic of Maldives.—MNA

F&R Ministry organizes table-tennis and badminton contestsNAY PYI TAW, 16

Dec—The Inter-Department Table-Tennisand Badminton Contestsof the Ministry of Financeand Revenue commencedas the national sportsactivities at the assemblyhall of the ministry andstaff quarters of theInternal Revenue

Department, here, on 2December.

Minister for Financeand Revenue Maj-GenHla Tun, Deputy MinisterCol Hla Thein Swe,Governor of Central Bankof Myanmar U ThanNyein, directors-generaland managing directors ofdepartments and

enterprises under theministry, coaches, staffand family memberswatched the sports events.

The athletescompeted in the finalmatches of badmintonmen’s and women’ssingles and doublesevents.

After the

competitions, the ministercordially greeted theathletes and staffmembers.

The Ministry ofFinance and Revenueplans to organize themen’s Sepak Takraw andwomen’s volleyballtournaments of the staffin December.—MNA

YANGON, 16 Dec—Tomark Myanmar BloodDonors Day, the 5th

collective blood donationceremony conducted by thestaff families of MyanmarBrewery Ltd took place atYangon General Hospitalyesterday.

First, ManagingDirector Mr Peter Ongextended greetings. Incharge Dr Daw ThidaAung of National BloodCentre spoke words ofthanks.

Next, responsiblepersons of YGH, NBC andMyanmar Brewery Ltdviewed the donation

activities by staff familiesof Myanmar Brewery Ltd.

Since May 2006,blood donations tookplace in Yangon andMandalay Divisions

annually. A total of 889bottles of blood have beendonated till this time. InMay 2009 blooddonations were held atthree places in Yangon

and Mandalay and now itis second time.

Myanmar BreweryLtd will organize blooddonation ceremony twotimes a year.—MNAMCPA to give talks on

Global Data CenterYANGON, 16 Dec—

Organized by MyanmarComputer ProfessionalsAssociation, SeniorSystem Engineer U KhinMaung Zaw of Microsoftwill give talks on GlobalData Center for enablingICT professionals toknow better experienceof Software Developmentof Microsoft Corporation

at room No 205 ofMyanmar Info Tech inHlaing township, here,from 1 pm to 4 pm on 23December.

Members of MCPA,software developers andIT enthusiasts may attendthe talks free of charge.For further information,contact Tel-652276.

MNA

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Invasion of US and allies kills,injures Iraqi people

BAGHDAD, 16 Dec— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to

16 December reached 699723 and the total number of serious injured peoplereached 1263077, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 6997232. The total number of seriously injured people 1263077

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 16 Dec—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32392 Afghan people were killed

and 38098 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 16 December.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 323922. Seriously injured Afghan people 38098

Internet

Iraqi policemen

inspect burnt

vehicles at the site

of an explosion

near the ministry

for emigres and

displaced persons in

Baghdad.

INTERNET

US soldier killed, Taleban commandernabbed in S Afghanistan

An injured man is

carried away from

the Heetal Hotel

following a suicide

bomb blast in

Kabul, Afghani-

stan on 15 Dec,

2009.

INTERNET

Two Britishsoldiers killedin Afghanistan

LONDON, 16 Dec —Two British soldiers werekilled on Tuesday in a sui-cide bomb blast in Af-ghanistan, the Ministry ofDefence said, taking thetotal number of deaths thisyear to 102. The soldiers,both from the 3rd Battal-ion, The Rifles, died whileon patrol near Sangin inthe northern part ofHelmand Province, whereBritish troops are mainlybased, the ministry said.

“It is with great sad-ness that the Ministry ofDefence must confirmthat these two soldiersdied near Sangin,” theministry said in a state-ment.—Internet

Top US officer: Taleban harder to defeat

KABUL, 16 Dec — Con-tinued insurgency in Af-ghanistan claimed the lifeof one American soldier insouth Afghanistan on Tues-day, a Press release of theNATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force(ISAF) said.

“An ISAF servicemember from the UnitedStates was killed today inan IED (Improvised Explo-sive Device) strike insouthern Afghanistan,” thePress release added.

However, it did not saythe exact place of the inci-dent. A joint US and Af-ghan operation has been

going on against Talebanmilitants in Nawzad Dis-trict and surrounding areasof Helmand Province overthe past two weeks.

The Press release alsoadded that Afghan and theNATO-led troops detaineda Taleban commander inthe southern Zabul’s pro-vincial capital Qalat onTuesday; but did not givehis name.

Furthermore, the Pressrelease added that the

troops killed four militantsin Taleban birthplaceKandahar a day earlier onMonday. Taleban militantswho have intensified theiractivities have not madecomment. Foreign forces’casualties is on the rise inthe war-torn Afghanistan asso far this year more than360 soldiers with majorityof them Americans andBritons have been killedsince beginning of this year.

Xinhua

KABUL, 16 Dec — The top US mili-tary officer said the Taleban-led insur-gency in Afghanistan is harder to defeatnow than it was a year ago, and said hewill take up concerns about strengthen-ing ties to al-Qaeda with governmentleaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Adm Mike Mullen, chairman of theJoint Chief of Staff, was touring US basesin eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday. Hewill also be in Pakistan this week.

“I remain deeply concerned by thegrowing level of collusion between the Af-

ghan Taleban and al-Qaeda and other ex-tremist groups taking refuge across the bor-der in Pakistan,” Mullen said at the start ofhis visit on Monday. “Getting at this net-work, which is now more entrenched, willbe a far more difficult task than it was justone year ago,” Mullen said in the Afghancapital. “As part of this trip, I intend to dis-cuss with Afghan and Pakistani leaders theextent to which we all can better cooperateand coordinate our activities to eliminatethe safe havens from which these groupsplan and operate.”—Internet

An Iraqi man walks through debris at the scene of last Tuesday’s massivebomb attack near the new Finance Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, on 14 Dec,

2009.—INTERNET

Five killed in suicide bombingKABUL, 16 Dec — The Afghan Public Health Min-

istry says five people were killed and 31 otherswounded in a suicide car bombing in a heavily guardedneighbourhood in the Afghan capital.

The blast on Tuesday occurred near a hotel favoredby Westerners, but it was unclear if the hotel was thetarget. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the ex-plosion occurred near the home of his former first vicepresident, Ahmed Zia Massoud. During a speech at aconference on corruption, Karzai said two ofMassoud’s guards were among those killed in the ex-plosion.—Internet

Peoplestand

outside ofthe HeetalHotel, notin photo,after anapparentsuicide

bomb wasdetonatedin Kabul,Afghani-

stan on 15Dec, 2009.INTERNET

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In this 3 Oct, 2008 file photo, shows the head part of a new model of N700 bullettrain, or the ‘shinkansen,’ is transported through a street in Fukuoka, southern

Japan, on its way to run between Shin-Osaka, western Japan, and centralKagoshima, southern Japan, starting in spring, 2011. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 16 Dec—The United States andRussia are very close tohammer out a final dealon the reduction of theirnuclear weapon stock-piles, the State Depart-ment said on Tuesday.

“I think we are gettingvery close to an agree-

SUVA, 16 Dec—Thousands of Fiji villagers fled toshelters as a tropical cyclone battered the South Pa-cific nation, causing flooding, damaging homes andpower lines, and killing three people, officials said onTuesday. Cyclone Mick, Fiji’s first this summer sea-son, ripped through the most populated island of VitiLevu on Monday night and is headed toward Tonga,which has been placed on alert.

Fiji’s National Disaster Management Office said thedeath and injury toll was reduced by people heeding thecyclone warning and flocking to emergency sheltersahead of the storm. “People took evasive action ... tookthe warning seriously and moved to shelters because theirhomes were not strong enough and also because theyfeared the flood waters,” the agency’s principal officer,Patiliai Dobui, told The Associated Press.—Internet

Jonasa Rokotuiwasa, right, with daughter Miliana Wati, center, and son Jonasacross the flooded bridge in Kasavu, Nausori in Fiji, on 15 Dec, 2009 after a

cyclone hit the island. Thousands of Fiji villagers fled to shelters as a tropicalcyclone battered the South Pacific nation, causing flooding, damaging homesand power lines, and killing three people, officials said Tuesday.—INTERNET

NAGOYA, 16 Dec—Ona desolate stretch of trackjust before midnight,when all passenger lineshave been put to bed, ajuiced-up Japanese bullettrain goes online and ac-celerates to over 200miles per hour. The 700-

US, Russia close to agree on newdeal on nuclear weapons reduction

ment,” State Departmentspokesman PhilipCrowley told reporters atthe daily Press briefing.

The Unite States andRussia are trying to reacha new nuclear arms con-trol treaty to replace theStrategic Arms ReductionTreaty (START), whichexpired on 5 Dec.

US President BarackObama and his Russiancounterpart DmitryMedvedev have agreed onan ambitious and aggres-sive reduction to their nu-

clear arsenals by reachinga new treaty, under whichthe nuclear warheadseach side holds will be re-duced to 1,500 to1,675,while the launcherswill be limited to 500 to1,000.

The two Presidentsvowed to work together inthe spirit of the STARTtreaty following its expi-ration, in order to ensurethat a new treaty on stra-tegic arms enter into forceat the earliest possibledate.—Internet

SEOUL, 16 Dec—SouthKorea and Japan will holdthe fourth round of their bi-lateral free trade talks onnext week here in Seoul,Seoul’s Trade ministry saidon Wednesday.

The South Korean sidewill be composed of some20 officials from related

Three dead after tropicalcyclone hits Fiji

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Dec— Three students of SultanAhmad Shah Polytechnic in Malaysia drowned at theSungai Pandan waterfalls in Panching, a small townnear Kuantan, State Capital of Pahang State, Malay-sia.

The Star, a local daily, reported here on Wednes-day that the incident took place at 4.30 pm on Tues-day.

According to the daily, the three victims were hold-ing hands and approaching the pool at the waterfallswhen they disappeared into the water suddenly.

Mohd Yusoff, a 41-year-old witness, said that heheard them screaming but he thought that the boyswere just enjoying their swim.

Xinhua

S Korea, Japan to hold free trade negotiations next weekministries, including for-eign ministry, knowledgeand Economy Ministry,Agriculture Ministry, andWelfare Ministry, the For-eign Ministry said in apress release.

As a result of a sum-mit agreement on resum-ing working-level free

trade talks between theleaders of South Koreaand Japan in April 2008,three rounds of negotia-tions have been held, withthe latest one coming inJuly 2009.

Originally launched inDecember 2003, bilateralfree trade talks have beencontinued to November2004 in six rounds, but thediscussions have beenstalled for over four yearson disputes over openingagriculture and fisheriesmarkets.

Xinhua

Waterfalls claim threestudents’ lives in Malaysia

Japan enters high-speed train sales raceton train, about a quarterof a mile long, whooshesby rice paddies in underfive seconds.

There are no localsaround to witness the trainglide to a stop at a de-serted Kyoto Station, butthat’s not the point. This

is an accelerated salespitch aimed squarely atthe US, where Japan iscompeting with Europeantrain makers for a newhigh-speed train networkthat could deliver con-tracts worth hundreds ofbillions.—Internet

Suzuki Motor Corp Chairman and CEO OsamuSuzuki poses next to the company’s new “Alto” car

during an unveiling in Tokyo on 16 December,2009.— INTERNET

Russiannightclubfire death

toll hits 148MOSCOW, 16 Dec—

The death toll from anightclub blaze in Rus-

sia’s Ural city of Perm 10days ago has risen to 148,

authorities said on Tues-day.

The toll was revisedup after one woman died

at a hospital inChelyabinsk while an-

other woman passedaway in a Moscow hospi-

tal, with 81 still remainhospitalized, theregional

branch of the RussianMinistry of Emergency

Situations said in a report.Flames sparked by

indoor fireworks sweptthrough the Lame Horse

nightclub in the earlyhours of 5 December.

Some 230 party-goersstampeded and choked on

smoke as they rushed toflee through the club’s

single exit.MNA/Xinhua

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OPEC forecasts world oil demandincrease for coming year

Russia, Vietnam ink deals on nuclear energy, weapons

OECD accepts Chile as full memberSANTIAGO, 16 Dec—The Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Tuesdayaccepted Chile as a full member after two years ofnegotiations, Chilean officials said.

Chile has become the first South American countryadmitted by the OECD and the second Latin Ameri-can country after Mexico.

OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria has givenChilean Treasury Minister Andres Velasco the invita-tion document for Chile to join the organization.

“This is like getting a ticket to the soccer World Cup,where the best 32 teams play. Here we are 30 and withChile 31, the same number of teams in the World Cup.This country will play equal to equal... because weare well prepared and because we have a good coach(referring to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet),”Velasco said.

President Bachelet celebrated the entry of Chile intothe OECD on Tuesday and said “it is a very importantachievement that we want to stress with satisfactionand serenity.”—Xinhua

Health experts investigate outbreakof strange disease in N Uganda

KAMPALA, 16 Dec—Health experts are investigat-ing an outbreak of a strange disease in northern Ugandawhich makes children nod their heads, a senior healthofficial said here on Tuesday.

Issa Makumbi, the head of disease surveillance inthe Health Ministry told Xinhua in an interview thatthe health teams that were sent to the northern dis-tricts of Kitgum and Pader are expected to concludetheir investigations this week and release the resultsnext week on the possible cause of the disease.

“We have now tried to do extended investigationswhere we have called in more experts to go and lookat that disease in more detail,” he said.—Xinhua

Air France’s Airbus 380 stuckin New York with “technical problem”

PARIS, 16 Dec—An Air France superjumbo Airbus380 linking New York and Paris had delayed its returnto France due to a “technical problem” with a fuel tank,the company said on Tuesday.

Flight AF007 New York-Paris, with 511 passengerson board, was trapped at New York’s JFK airport at19:10 on Monday local time (0010 GMT Tuesday),French radio RTL said.

The company later confirmed that the plane “wasdelayed by a technical problem,” saying it was a prob-lem with a circuit system which “transfers fuel in onetank to another.”

Xinhua

Photo taken on 14 Dec, 2009 shows a new look of the western part of Shang-hai Expo site, which is still under construction. —XINHUA

VIENNA, 16 Dec—Theworld oil demand in 2010would reach 85.13 millionbarrels per day (mb/d), in-creasing by 0.82 mb/d, or0.98 percent compared tothis year, according to theforecast made by OPECin its latest monthly oilmarket report on Tuesdayin Vienna.

The Organization ofthe Petroleum ExportingCountries (OPEC) has in-

creased the world oil de-mand by 60,000 barrels aday in the new monthlyreport in comparison withthe monthly report of lastmonth.

While the forecast ofworld oil demand in 2009from OPEC remained thesame as the previousmonthly report, or 84.31mb/d, which fell by 1.62percent, or 1.39 mb/dcompared to 2008.

The latest report saidthat the demand for crudeoil next year in China,which would be firstly outof economy recession,would grow obviously. Itwould be expected to in-crease by 4.5 percent. Be-sides, the growth rate ofoil demand in the MiddleEast and North Americawould also reach 3.34 per-cent and 0.99 percent.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 16 Dec—Rus-sia on Tuesday signed adocument to build Viet-nam’s first nuclear powerplant, and another deal todeliver Russian-madeweaponry to the SoutheastAsian country, Russiannews agencies reported.

The nuclear energyagreement was endorsedby Sergei Kiriyenko, thehead of Russia’s state-runnuclear agency Rosatom,and Pham LeThanh, thehead of Vietnam’s electric-ity company EVN.

“We are ready to rendercomprehensive support to

the fulfillment of the Viet-namese atomic energyprogramme for the perioduntil 2020,” Russian PrimeMinister Vladimir Putinsaid after talks with his vis-iting Vietnamese counter-part, Nguyen Tan Dung.

Meanwhile, Russia’sstate-owned arms exporterRosoboronexport and theVietnamese Defence Min-istry’s General Export-Im-port Company clinched amajor arms deal.

“Vietnam has signedwith Russia a contract onthe delivery of aircraft andrelated military hardware,”

Dung said after meetingwith Putin, without givingfurther details.

Interfax quoted an uni-dentified defence industrysource as saying that Rus-sian has agreed to supplyVietnam with six Kilo-class diesel-electric sub-marines, with its totalvalue at about 2 billion USdollars.

Dung arrived here onMonday for a two-dayvisit. He also met withPresident DmitryMedvedev earlier in theday.

Xinhua

New goat flu outbreaks in Netherlands, six killed The phototaken on 15Dec, 2009shows the

constructionsite of the

second of thetwo generat-ing units ofthe Sanmen

nuclearpower plant

in eastChina’s

ZhejiangProvince.XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, 16 Dec— A new epidemicgoat flu (or called Q-fever) has struckthe Netherlands since last week.

An estimated 2,300 people have suc-cumbed to Q-fever this year in the coun-try and six have died.

According to Dutch experts, Q-feveris caused by bacteria released whenpregnant goats or sheep have spontane-ous abortions.

A relative study shows that many ani-mals can carry this kind of bacteria, butcontact with infected goats is believed tobe the main source of human infections.

The Dutch government said on Thurs-day it planned to slaughter all pregnant

infected goats, which carry the bacteriain high concentrations. It was not imme-diately clear how many goats will bekilled.

“There’s nowhere external to turn tofor expert advice, because it’s a uniquesituation,” said the government spokes-man Thijs van Son. Q-fever infectionsusually occur in a cluster in one year andthen peter out the next. But the Dutchoutbreak has been growing and spread-ing out over agricultural areas for threeyears despite increasingly strong meas-ures to contain it. “That hasn’t happenedbefore,” Van Son said, “not in Europe oranywhere else.”—Xinhua

Using the built-instereo Bluetooth on

your iPhone and iPodtouch, the Bluetooth

Music Receiverconnects to your home

stereo to play musicwirelessly.INTERNET

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Senior General Than Shwe visits…

Chairman of State Peace and Development

Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence

Services Senior General Than Shwe pays

homage to Buddha Image in Hsinmyarshin

Pagoda in Bagan.—MNA

(from page 1)After donating cash

to the funds of the pa-goda, the Senior Generalwent round the pagoda.

The Senior Generaland party left Bagan byhelicopter and arrived at

steel wares, hospital usesteel wares, steel pipes,enamel wares, beds forhospitals and variouskinds of furniture at theEnamel and Steel WareFactory (Minsu).

After hearing the re-ports, the Senior Generalgave guidance calling forproduction of householdgoods and medicinesmanufactured by the fac-tories in accordance withthe demands of the peo-ple and distributing ofproducts to the consumermarkets.

The Senior Generaland party viewed medi-

age at the eastern arch-way of the pagoda andpaid homage to the im-age.

The Senior Generaland party went round thepagoda.

At the briefing hall,

steel and enamel prod-ucts such as plates,bowls, three-step foodcarriers, four-step foodcarriers, cups, curry con-tainers, trays, mugs,pans, choppers, rice-cookers, rice bowls, forksand spoons displayed atthe exhibition hall of byEnamel and Steel WareFactory (Minsu).

Later, the Senior Gen-eral and party inspectedtasks of repair of mouldand dies, production of newmould and die designs,kilns and decoration sec-tion, enamel section,bleaching section, steel

Lawkamanaung Shwe-gugyi Pagoda near InyaungVillage of Inyaung Vil-lage-tract in KyaukseTownship at 11:30 am.

The Head of Stateand party offered flow-ers, water, lights and josssticks to the Buddha im-

Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung reportedon manufacturing of dis-posable syringes, injec-tion and ampoules atPharmaceutical Factory(Inyaung) under the Min-istry of Industry-1, andproduction of kitchen use

cines produced byMyanmar Pharmaceuti-cal Factory (Inyaung) and

production manufacturingsections and packagingsection.—MNA

Buddha Image at Lawkamanaung Shwegugyi

Pagoda.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe inspects Enamel

and Steel Ware Factory (Minsu).—MNA

Enamel and steel products seen at exhibition hall of Enamel and Steel

Ware Factory (Minsu).—MNA

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Senior General Than Shwe inspecting YeywaHydropower Project.—MNA

Photo shows Yeywa Hydropower Project, one of the largest dams in RCC list.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe…(from page 1)

Senior General ThanShwe, accompanied byMember of the SPDCGeneral Thura ShweMann and members of theentourage helicopteredfrom Minsu village ofKyaukse township at 1:15pm and landed at YeywaHydropower Project at1:45 pm.

At the briefing hall,Minister for ElectricPower No. 1 Col Zaw Minpresented reports to Sen-ior General Than Shweand entourage that YeywaHydropower Project onMyitnge River, being aRCC concrete dam withthe length of 2,264 feetand the height of 433 feetwas being built; that it wasalso the majorhydropower project of theState; the four 197.5megawatt turbines havebeen installed; that No 1turbine would start gener-

ating power in near fu-ture; that constructiontasks were being expe-dited for the remainingthree turbines to generatepower; that the construc-tion of main dam , waterintake structure, spillwayand diversion tunnel Nos(1) and (2) have com-pleted; that water is be-ing stored at the dam; thattasks for installation ofmachines to be used ingenerating power andconstruction of drainageand switch yard are intheir final stages; and thatemphasis is being placedon this project to meet setstandards as it is one ofthe world’s largest damsof RCC type.

Thanks to encourage-ment of the governmentand concerted efforts ofthe project workers, theproject will complete twoyears earlier than thescheduled. As it is a

project being implementedthrough the modern tech-nology, the modern ma-chinery are being installedat the dam to detect thestrength, movement ofwater, water pressure andtemperature of the mainembankment.

After hearing the re-ports, the Senior Generalgave guidance that as theproject is in its final stageof installing turbines, it isnecessary to place empha-

sis on timely completionof the construction tasksthe meeting set standards,and he stressed the needto maintain the dams ofthe completedhydropower plants fortheir durability.

The Senior Generalpresented fruit baskets totechnicians from abroadand at home.

The Senior Generaland party viewed scalemodel of Yeywa

Hydropower Plant.At the main concrete

embankment, the Head ofState and party looked intostorage of water at thedam, removal of the rocklayer from the drain of theplant, construction of thepower plant and sub-power stations, intakestructure, installation ofsluice gate and all othertasks of the project.

At the power plant,the Senior General and

party inspected final instal-lation of the parts at No. 1generator and installationof parts at No. 2 geneator.

After visiting YeywaHydropower Plant, theHead of State and partyleft there by helicopter.

Among four genera-tors of YeywaHydropower Project,each is over 1500 tonsin weight, and over100,000 parts are sys-tematically installed ateach generator.

The 790 megawattYeywa HydropowerPlant will produce 3550million kwh annually.The generating capacityof Yeywa HydropowerPlant will be 70 per centof about 5000 millionkwh being generated by15 power plants underthe Ministry of ElectricPower No. 1.

Yeywa RCC Dam isone of the largest RCCdams in the world.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe presents a fruit basket to technicianstaking part in Yeywa Hydropower Project.—MNA

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Build new motor roads and railroads torealize lofty aims of the State

Regarding recent inspection tours of the Headof State at construction of the Ayeyawady Bridge(Sinkhan) and the Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku), Ihave presented facts in brief about the AyeyawadyRiver crossing bridges that will guarantee thedevelopment of the State and the people in the future.As far as I know, I would like to write progress ofmotor road and railroad projects concerning the newson inspection tours of the Head of State. It wasbecause facts about the Ayeyawady River crossingbridges are related to the railroad and motor roadprojects to be presented.

The Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan) Project ispart of the Katha-Bhamo railroad construction project.The Katha-Bhamo railroad is a new constructionproject being undertaken in accord with the guidanceof the Head of State, and it commenced in May 2007.The land survey and earthworks were being undertakenat the same time. The 26 miles long section of Katha-Bhamo railroad will be in Sagaing Division and the 72miles long section in Kachin State, and it will be 98miles in total length. Upon completion, passengersand commodities will be directly transported fromMandalay to Bhamo through the Katha-Bhamorailroad. For the first phase, we saw concerted effortswere being made to open the 16.68 miles long Katha-Moetagyi railroad section.

The Katha-Bhamo railroad section—the 66-mile section from Katha to Ayeyawady Bridge(Sinkhan) and the 32-mile section from AyeyawadyBridge (Sinkhan) to Bhamo—will be 98 miles intotal length, and the plans are under way to build 12railway stations along the railroad. Out of 12 railwaystations, Katha railway station, Pawmamyaingrailway station, Minle railway station and Moetagyirailway station have so far been constructed. Withregard to construction of small and big bridges,arrangements are being made to build 284 bridges –

191 bridges on the Katha-Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan)section and 93 bridges on the Ayeyawady Bridge(Sinkhan)-Bhamo section. So far, a total of 64 smalland large bridges have been constructed along therailroad, and the placing of tracks started.

Indeed, the Katha-Bhamo railroad is a newproject to link Katha, Shwegu, Mansi and Bhamotownships. It is sure that the railroad would contributemuch to better transport and smoother flow ofcommodities and trade in the region. The betterment intransport and trade will guarantee the uplift of socio-economic status of the local people. In fact, Kathaand Bhamo used to be far-flung regions because theyhad no direct link with arteries. In other words, localpeople for generations had to struggle hard for theirliving as their regions were difficult of access. As aresult, the living standard of Kachin, Shan and Bamarnationals living in those regions was lower than that ofthe people living in other regions. Now, all thesedifficulties are going to be overcome and all thenecessary facilities fulfilled. And socio-economicstatus of the local people is going to improve withthe emergence of new motor roads and railroadstogether with the new Ayeyawady river-crossingbridge. The government, like good parents withgenuine goodwill and loving-kindness, is buildingdevelopment infrastructures wherever necessaryacross the Union. It is doing so for the long-terminterests of the national races, regarding them as itsown children.

The Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) will bepart of the Pakokku-Myintcheint-Letpanchepaw-Thithtauk-NyaungU railway. Similarly, theAyeyawady Bridge (Malun) will link the Magway-Taungdwingyi railway section on the east bank of theAyeyawady river and the Kyangin-Pakokku railwaysection being constructed on the west bank. Therefore,these bridges will play an important role in beautifying

the future of the respective regions.The Head of State gave guidance on building

the Union railway network linking the states anddivisions in the eastern, western, northern andsouthern parts of the country in order that productsand resources of various regions can be speedilytransported to the respective markets. In accordancewith the guidance, new railroads are being constructedon one hand and the old ones upgraded on the other.In 1988, there were only 2793.86 miles of railways.But now there is a total of 4338.9 miles. The Pathein-Hinthada-Kyangin railway is being extended up toPakokku. Moreover, preparations are being made tobuild the Pathein-Einme-Nyaungdon-Hlaingthayarailway together with the new Nyaungdon bridgeacross the Ayeyawady river. Measures are also beingtaken to construct Pyay-Toungoo railway across theBago Yoma, Malun-Pahtanago-Thityakauk railwayto link Nay Pyi Taw with Pathein-Pakokku railway,Sittway-An-Minbu railway, Katha-Bhamo railway,Mongno-Kengtung railway, Phayangasu-Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Magway railway and Dawei-Myeikrailway, totalling over 1200 miles.

When the strategic railways have been builtas planned, the Union railway network will emerge,connecting all states and divisions. At present, morethan 400 trains of Myanma Railways are transportingover 220,000 passengers daily along the railways allover the country.

Both having a motorway and a railroad eachon them, Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan) andAyeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) are linked with therailroad network and the motorway network. Ofvarious transport means, transporting by car plays agreat part in the transport sector in Myanmar. So,building roads on a large scale nationwide is on thelist of priorities in the nation. With the concept that

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Photo shows Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine).

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(from page 8) secure and smooth transport effectively helps improvesthe socio-economic life and friendship among thepeople, the government had built inter-village roads,rural-urban roads, inter-district roads, and inter-state/division roads, and expressways till they formed atransport network. It also pays serious attention to theupgrading of roads. As a result, the total length of all theroads in the nation is now over 41,700 miles, comparedwith only over 21,000 miles in 1988. Moreover, it hasbuilt more than 39,400 miles of rural roads designed forrural development. To complete those roads andrailroads, the government had to build 232 over-180-foot motorway bridges, and 55, railbridges.

In addition, it is implementing highwayprojects in collaboration with regional countries—Asian highways to be linked with Thailand, Laos,China, India, and Bangladesh; ASEAN highwayswith ASEAN countries; Greater MekongSubregion Economic Corridors; BIMSTEChighways; India-Myanmar-Thai TripartiteHighway to be jointly implemented by the threecountries; GMS, East-West Economic CorridorHighway; GMS, North-South Economic CorridorHighway; and the highway to be built jointly byIndia and Myanmar; the highway to pass throughthe border area near Paletwa; and the project toimprove the waterway of Kaladan River.

There are four Asian highways — Nos 1, 2, 3and 14; and six ASEAN highways. The ASEAN

Construction of Katha-Bhamo railroad section in Shwegu Township of Kachin State in progress.Highway Network includes Yangon-Phayagyi-Mandalay-Tamu Highway, Phayagyi-Hpa-an-Myawady Highway, Mandalay-Hsipaw-Lashio-MuseHighway, Mandalay-Meiktila-Loilem-Kengtung-Tachilek Highway, Kengtung-Mongla Highway,Thaton-Mawlamyine Highway, Meyik-Dawei-Kawthoung Highway, and Dawei-Hsinbyudaung-Kachanaburi Highway. Asian/ASEAN highways thatare linked with Thailand, China and India such asMyawady-Tamu, Tachilek-Meiktila, Kengtung-Mongla, and Mandalay-Muse highways combine withmany sites of Union highways in Myanmar.

Furthermore, those international highwaysmeet and part each other in many sites, like a hugenetwork of highways. According to their usefulness,highways are categorized into strategic highway,primary highway, and expressway. Highwayslinked with foreign countries including Asian/ASEAN highways linked with regional countrieswill definitely make long-term contribution toMyanmar’s trade, transport and relations withregional countries.

In retrospect, British colonialists annexedMyanmar for more than 100 years, but they built onlya few infrastructural buildings just for their economicand administration benefits with the ill intention ofmaking national races distance from one another interms of relations. In consequence, the transport thenwas very poor. In that regard, a tangible consequenceis that the regions with poor transport lagged far

behind other regions in development. That is why thegovernment has been making huge investments inroad and bridge projects in a strategic way in order toaccelerate the development momentum of the regions,which once lagged behind in development, and tocomplete a transport network that covers the wholecountry including hilly regions and border areas.

Here, the government’s purpose of building transportfacilities is to improve the socio-economic life and the livingstandard of the people, and to enable the people to travel andtransport goods with convenience. From the point of nationalinterest view, the government intends to narrow thedevelopment gap between one region and another in allparts, to ensure equitable development of all parts of theUnion, and to generate harmony among the people inetiquette, morale and concept.

In conclusion, the government, in compliancewith the guidance given by the Head of State withfarsightedness, perseverance, genuine goodwill, loving-kindness, and intention for long-term interest, has beenboosting cooperation with neighbouring and andregional countries, and international friendly countriesin various sectors, while working hard to restore stabilityand peace and ensure the rule of law, and all-rounddevelopment of the nation, and to improve the education,health, social and economic sectors of the people.Therefore, the hard work the government is exerting toimprove the transport sector is an important part of itsdrive for achieving the lofty aims of the nation.

Translation:NN+TTA+MS

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YANGON, 16 Dec—The XXV SEA Gamescontinued for the eighthday in Vientiane of LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic today. Myanmarteam won gold inwomen’s compound bow(team) event and so didHein Latt Zaw ofMyanmar in 55-60 kilosJudo event.

Sandi Oo scoredsilver in women’s Wushu(Nanquans) event, KyawOo silver in men’s billiard(single) event, Kay KhineLwin silver in women’s200 meter race, Saw MaiSan silver in men’s 60-66 kilos Judo event, EaintMe Me and Thet ThetNaing bronze in women’sWushu (Nanquans)event, Salwee bronze in

Myanmar win two more gold, four silverand eight bronze in SEA Games

men’s 40-45 kilos Judoevent, Aung Moe bronzein 73-81 kilos Judo event,Kap Cin Pau bronze in50-55 kilos Judo event,Soe Kyaw bronze inmen’s Wushu

(Nanquans) event,Myanmar archery teamtwo bronze in men’srecurve bow (team) andwomen’s recurve bow(team).

MNA

Medal Standing in XXV SEA Games

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

Thailand 61 68 79 208Vietnam 61 55 47 163Indonesia 32 37 60 129Singapore 32 23 33 88Malaysia 29 36 51 116Philippines 29 24 41 94Laos 25 16 40 81Myanmar 9 16 34 59Cambodia 3 8 23 34Brunei 1 1 8 10Timor Leste 0 0 3 3

Sandi Oo.—SPED

Saw Mai San.—SPEDHein Latt Zaw.—SPED

An Indian man talks on his mobile phone next to a Bharti Airtel sign inNew Delhi in September 2009. Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel is set to

buy a 70-percent stake in Bangladesh’s fourth largest mobile phone opera-tor Warid from its Abu Dhabi-based owners, regulators said on Wednes-

day.—INTERNET

DHAKA,16 Dec—In-dian telecom giant BhartiAirtel is set to buy a 70-per-cent stake in Bangla-desh’s fourth largest mo-bile phone operator Waridfrom its Abu Dhabi-basedowners, regulators said onWednesday.

The Dhabi Group,which fully owns Warid,has sought approval fromthe Bangladesh Telecom-munications RegulatoryCommission for the sale,commission chairman ZiaAhmed told AFP.

The move makes

Bharti the latest foreignfirm to make inroads intothe Bangladesh mobilephone market, which isone of the country’s fast-est growing and poten-tially lucrative sectors.“The Dhabi Group in-formed us on Sunday thatit would sell 70 percent ofWarid Telecom shares toBharti Airtel Ltd. We havesought more papers andthe copy of the memoran-dum of understanding be-tween the two companies,”he said.

Ahmed said the com-

pany did not mention howmuch the stake was valuedat but added that Bharti had“initially intended to invest300 million dollars.”

“I am sure the new in-vestment will inject newmomentum into ourtelecoms sector,” he said.A spokesman for Wariddeclined comment on thedeal, but an unnamed offi-cial from the company toldlocal English languagenewspaper The Daily Starthat the deal was worth 900million dollars.

Internet

NEW YORK,16 Dec—Adobe Systems Inc saidon Tuesday that althoughit booked a loss in the fis-cal fourth quarter, con-sumer demand improvedand allowed the maker ofPhotoshop and Flashsoftware to post an opti-mistic outlook for thecurrent period.

The recession hasdampened demand forCreative Suite 4, the lat-est version of the soft-ware package targetingprofessional designers

India’s Bharti to buy Bangladesh mobile operator

Adobe Systems posts 4Q loss but says demand rising

MOSCOW, 16 Dec—Russia’s industrial outputin November increasedfor the first time sinceOctober 2008 at an an-nual rate of 1.5 percent,the Federal State Statis-tics Service (Rosstat) saidon Tuesday.

A salesperson holds

copies of Adobe

Photoshop CS4 for

Mac OS and Windows

at Micro Centre com-

puter store in Santa

Clara, Calif, on 15

Dec, 2009.

INTERNET

and developers thatbrings in the bulk of Ado-be’s revenue. It happenedto launch in the fall of2008, right as the finan-cial meltdown hit.

But the companysaid on Tuesday it sawdemand pick up in thefourth quarter, especiallyin its final month. ChiefFinancial Officer MarkGarrett said this Novem-ber uptick—across manyof the company’s prod-uct lines, mainly inNorth America and Eu-

rope—was more thanwhat the company hadexpected. Even so, CS4will likely end up withsales about 20 percentbelow its predecessor.

Adobe on Tuesdayreported a loss of $32million, or 6 cents pershare, for the threemonths that ended 27Nov, compared with aprofit of $245.9 million,or 46 cents per share, inthe same period a yearearlier.

Internet

Russia’s industrial output rises 1.5percent in November

Industrial output alsorose compared to October,by 2 percent, Rosstat said.

The November resultbeat analysts’ predictionthat industrial productionwould fall 2.5 percentfrom the same month lastyear, the Interfax news

agency reported. Rosstatsaid agriculture, whichgained year-on-year 4.9percent in November,drove the growth. But thesector slipped 1.8 percentin the first 11 months ofthis year.

Xinhua

YANGON, 16 Dec—The Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry organized thesecond workshop ondevelopment of brokerageat its tower in LanmadawTownship on 6 December.

Vice-President UWin Aung of UMFCCIand Managing DirectorU Kyaw Htoo ofMyanma AgriculturalProduce Trading madespeeches.

Workshop on development ofbrokerage organized

The resource personssubmitted their papers.Next, the resourcepersons and members ofthe panel of chairmen UToe Aung Myint, UAung Than Oo and UTun Lwin replied toqueries raised byresponsible persons fromState and Division CCIand brokerages.

CEC member U SaiBa Nyan explained theaccomplishment of theminutes in previous

workshop. Officialsdiscussed opening ofbrokerages, scheming ofrules and regulations andplans for opening morebrokerages.

Managing Director UKyaw Htoo of MAPT,Vice-President U WinAung and CEC memberU Sai Ba Nyan reviewedthe discussions. Theworkshop ended withremarks by the vice-president.

MNA

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NEWS ALBUM

Models made of ice of theBrandenburg Gate and dinosaurs, are

displayed at an ice sculptureexhibition by Chinese artisans in

Berlin. The ice sculpture exhibitionwill be open to the public from 27

November, 2009 to 22 February, 2010.

Woman allegedly pours gritson sleeping boyfriend

A 44-year-old woman was bookedwith second-degree battery afterallegedly pouring a pot of boiling gritsonto her sleeping boyfriend. St.Charles Parish sheriff’s deputies saidCarolyn Brown caused second-degreeburns on the man’s face and arms. Theman told deputies that he came homefrom work on 7 Nov, got into anargument with Brown, told her that hewas breaking up with her, then wentto bed.

The Times-Picayune on reportedBrown was arrested Wednesday andbooked into the Nelson ColemanCorrectional Facility.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Brownhas an attorney.

Stolen Seattle totem pole found near Salem, Ore

Fla woman accused ofhitting man with raw steak

A 53-year-old was arrested afterallegedly hitting a man in the head witha raw steak. According to a MarionCounty Sheriff’s Office report, the mantold deputies Elsie Egan repeatedly hithim with the uncooked meat and slappedhis face after he refused a piece of slicedbread. The man said he wanted a breadroll.

Egan denied hitting the man withthe steak but did admit to slappinghim, saying she did it “so that he couldlearn.”

The man told deputies that Egan washis live-in girlfriend. He declined medicalassistance. Egan was charged with abuseof a disabled adult. According to onlinerecords, she has been released on $2,500bond and is scheduled to appear in courtin January. It’s unclear if she has anattorney.

This image provided by the SeattlePolice Department shows the stolenWest Seattle totem pole after beingrecovered. Police say the 18-foot-talltotem pole stolen from a West Seattlepark was found about 200 miles awayin Oregon. The totem pole was noticedmissing last week. The Rotary Club ofWest Seattle donated the pole to the cityin 1976 and estimates it would have cost about $75,000 to replace.

US jazz musician hitswrong note in Spain

US jazz saxophonist and composerLary Ochs says he has “seen it all” aftera spectator disrupted a concert in Spainby accusing him of not playing jazz —and was backed by a policeman onduty.

The 60-year-old was performingwith his band “Larry Ochs & DrimmingCore” in the central town of Siguenzaon Monday when the spectator got upand said they were performing“contemporary music” and not jazz,daily newspaper El Pais reported.

A policeman at the scene joined inthe ensuing debate and concluded Och’sperformance “was not jazz,” it added.

A jazz musician playing the saxophone.US jazz saxophonist and composer LaryOchs says he has “seen it all” after aspectator disrupted a concert in Spain byaccusing him of not playing jazz — andwas backed by a policeman on duty.

Police say an 18-foot-tall totem polestolen from a West Seattle park has beenfound about 200 miles away in Oregon.

The Seattle Times reports a 69-year-old West Seattle man led investigators tothe pole. Police say he apparently had acrew with a crane help move the totem,but it’s unclear if the crew knew the mandidn’t have permission to take thelandmark.

The totem pole was noticed missinglast week. The Rotary Club of WestSeattle donated the pole to the city in1976 and estimates it would have cost

about $75,000 to replace.At the request of Seattle investigators,

authorities in Oregon went to an addressprovided by the 69-year-old man andfound the pole on a boat trailer in aSalem-area parking lot.

Seattle police spokesman MarkJamieson says the pole appears to beundamaged, and detectives are puttingtogether a case to send to the prosecutor’soffice.

CAIRO, 16 Dec—AnEgyptian airport officialsays the wall paintingsthat caused a feud be-tween Egypt and the Lou-vre Museum have re-turned home.

Ahmed al-Rawi of theCustoms authority saidthat the ancient artworkarrived to Cairo on a flightfrom Paris on Tuesday

TIJUANA,16 Dec—Authorities found the decapitatedbodies of four men on Tuesday in the border city ofTijuana, while a grenade attack on a police station inwestern Mexico wounded a pregnant woman and her3-year-old daughter.

Three of the decapitated bodies in Tijuana wereinside a house, the Baja California state prosecutor’soffice said in a statement.

An hour later, police found a fourth decapitatedbody inside a pickup truck.

The office said the heads were left near the bodiesalong with messages. It didn’t say what the notes said.

Tijuana, which is across the border from San Di-ego, California, has been wracked by an upsurge indrug cartel violence in recent years.

Prosecutors say 583 people have been killed so farthis year in the city.—Internet

SAN CLEMENTE, 16 Dec— A Houston-area attorney in-volved in a bitter custody dispute was found fatally shotalong with her two young daughters and mother in an ap-parent murder-suicide after she was ordered to bring thechildren to a court hearing, authorities said on Tuesday.

Investigators found 38-year-old ElizabethFontaine’s body next to those of her mother, 67-year-old Bonnie Hoult, and two children on Monday at anupscale Orange County home. Forensic tests will beneeded to determine who pulled the trigger because ahandgun was found between the two women, sher-iff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said. He said investi-gators spoke to the father, Jason Fontaine, and do notconsider him a suspect. The father, who divorced thechildren’s mother, was not at the home, authorities said.A message from The Associated Press was left withhis attorney.—Internet

ROME, 16 Dec—Au-thorities say a magnitude4.2 earthquake has shakenthe Italian region ofUmbria but caused no in-juries.

Towns in the Provinceof Perugia reported build-ings lightly damaged bythe temblor, monitored byItaly’s national institute ofgeophysics.

Four bodies found in Mexicanborder city

Ancient wall paintings return to Egyptfrom France

evening and were handedover to Egyptian antiqui-ties authorities.

Egypt’s antiquitieschief Zahi Hawass cut tieswith the Louvre in Octo-ber, saying the museumhad refused to return thefragments, which he saidhad been illegally chippedfrom a 3,200-year-oldtomb’s walls.

French officialsquickly agreed to handover the fragments fol-lowing a recommenda-tion by scientific experts.

During a visit to hisFrench counterpart NicolasSarkozy this week, Egyp-tian President HosniMubarak inspected thepieces before they werehanded back.—Internet

Quake shakes central Italy;no injuries reported

Italy’s AgricultureMinister said on Tuesday600 people were evacu-ated until their homes canbe inspected. Mayors ofseveral hamlets orderedschools closed onWednesday for inspec-tions.

Video of the city ofPerugia showed bricks inthe street and some dam-

age to walls. The Ameri-can student AmandaKnox, convicted thismonth of murdering herBritish roommate, is inCapanne prison outsidePerugia. In April, a quakehit the Abruzzo region incentral Italy, killing about300 and leaving tens ofthousands of homeless.

Internet

Four family members founddead in upscale Calif home

The screen of a computer showing a choice ofWeb Browsers can be seen during a press

conference at the Residence Palace in Brussels,on Wednesday 16 Dec. 2009. Opera Software

announced this Wednesday that Web users are thewinners upon the completion of the EuropeanCommission’s investigation into Microsoft’s

browser-bundling practices. Microsoft will nowoffer users of Windows XP, Windows Vista andWindows 7 a screen presenting a choice of Web

browsers.INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RATHA BHUM VOY NO (504 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV RATHA BHUMVOY NO (504 ) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 17.12.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (485)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (485) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 17.12.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

One killed, four injuredin pharmaceutical plant blast

HEFEI, 16 Dec—At least one person was killed andfour were injured after a blast hit a pharmaceutical plantin Anhui Province on Tuesday, the local governmentsaid. An oven in a workshop of the Renji Pharmaceuti-cal Plant Co Ltd in Taihe County of Fuyang City ex-ploded at about 5 pm, smashing window glasses.

One worker died in hospital after emergency treat-ment and four suffered injuries, including one serious,said the county government.

The company is based in an economic developmentzone adjacent to the No 105 national highway. Policehave cordoned off part of the factory area.

The state-owned company, established in 1991, has180 million yuan (26.4 million US dollars) in regis-tered total assets and more than 600 employees, accord-ing to information on the websites.—Xinhua

EU, Latin American countries endlong-running dispute on bananas

GENEVA, 16 Dec—The European Union and LatinAmerican countries on Tuesday reached an agreement toend a 16-year dispute over EU banana imports, which isseen as a boost for the long-stalled Doha Round of globaltrade negotiations. Under the deal, which was struck byEU and Latin American ambassadors at the WTO head-quarters in Geneva, the EU will cut its import tariff onbananas from Latin America from 176 euros per tonne to114 euros by 2017, according to a EU statement.

In return, Latin American countries will not demand fur-ther tariff cuts, and they will also drop several legal casespending against the EU at the WTO, some of which dateback as far as 1993. In a related development, the UnitedStates, which had joined Latin American countries in op-posing the EU banana import regime, also agreed on Tues-day to settle its related WTO dispute with the EU.

Xinhua

Boeing’s Dreamliner makes maiden flightEVERETT, 16 Dec—

Boeing’s new 787Dreamliner jet took to theskies for the first time onTuesday, a relief to the USaerospace giant that pinshigh hope on the newmodel in its competitionwith European rival Air-bus.

The Dreamliner tookoff at around 10:30 amlocal time (1830 GMT) atPaine Field near Boeing’s

plant in the western stateof Washington, witnessedby some 25,000 people,including Boeing employ-ees, executives of airlines,journalists and membersof the public.

The test flight will lastabout four hours and seethe aircraft landing atSeattle’s Boeing Field. Itis the beginning of a se-ries of necessary tests forthe new passenger jet to

obtain certification fromthe Federal Aviation Ad-ministration.

Boeing plans to deliverthe first Dreamliner,which features wide useof lightweight new mate-rials and hence moreenergy efficient, to Ja-pan’s All Nippon Airwaysin late 2010, more thantwo years behind theschedule.

XinhuaBoeing employees crowd the tarmac as the company’s 787 Dreamliner taxies downthe runway before its maiden flight at Paine Field, on 15 Dec, 2009. —XINHUA

Death toll from A/H1N1 flu reaches 64 in Egypt

Gazprom, PGNiG discussgas through 2037

MOSCOW, 16 Dec—Russian gas giant Gazprom dis-cussed with its partners at Polish energy companyPGNiG increased gas supplies through 2037, execu-tives said in Moscow. Alexander Medvedev, deputychief at the Russian gas monopoly, welcomed Polishministers and executives from Poland’s state-run oil andgas company PGNiG to discuss natural gas agreements.

Both parties discussed further coordination on a se-ries of protocols on Russian gas supply and transits toPoland signed in 1993. “The said documents outlinethe framework provisions for entering into contracts onthe corporate level,” said Medvedev. “We expect themto be endorsed by the governments of both countriesany time now.” Poland is able to meet 30 percent of itsannual gas consumption through domestic reserves.Gazprom in 2008 agreed to deliver nearly 290 billioncubic feet of gas per year.—Internet

CAIRO, 16 Dec—Egypton Tuesday reported threemore death cases of A/H1N1 flu, bringing the na-tionwide death toll to 64,said the Health Ministry ina statement.

A 26-year-old womandied of A/H1N1 virus inCairo, said Health Minis-try spokesman AbdelRahman Shahine, addingthat the woman sufferedfrom severe dyspnea.

Shahine said that an-other two-year-old child

died of A/H1N1 virus inAssuit, 330 km south ofCairo, adding that he suf-fered from asthma, pneu-monia and dyspnea.

The third case was a 14-year-old handicapped boyin Cairo, said the spokes-man, adding that he suf-fered from fever, pneumo-nia. Up till now, Egypt hasreported more than 4,792cases of the novel flu in themost populous Arab coun-try, according to the HealthMinistry.

Egypt confirmed its firstinfluenza A/H1N1 deathcase on 19 July. A 28-year-old Egyptian woman, whowas back from Saudi Ara-bia after making Umrah(pilgrimage to Mecca atany time of the year), diedof the flu virus.

Egypt reported its firstA/H1N1 flu case on 2June, a 12-year-old Egyp-tian-American girl comingfrom the United States viathe Netherlands.

Xinhua

Containers are seen at a port of Fuzhou, capital of southeast China’s FujianProvince, on 15 Dec, 2009. The throughput of containers in ports of Fujian

Province reached 280 million tons from Jan to Nov 2009, with a year-to-yeargrowth of 13%. —XINHUA

Latin Ameri-can nations

and theEuropeanUnion onTuesdaystruck a

historic dealaimed atending along-run-

ning disputeover banana

tariffs,giving apotentialboost to

global tradetalks.

XINHUA

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H1N1 infants vaccine recalledATLANTA, 16 Dec —

About 800,000 doses ofH1N1 flu vaccine forinfants made by Sanofi-Aventis are beingrecalled, US healthofficials said on Tuesday.

The Centres forDisease Control andPrevention said the shotsfrom the French drugmaker may have beenslightly under-strength.Most of them are

presumed to have beenadministered already andparents are not beingurged to contact theirdoctors, The New YorkTimes reported.

“We think childrenwho got the vaccine arefully protected, assumingthey got the two shots werecommend for that age,”said Dr Anne Schuchat,director of the NationalCentre for Immunization

and Respiratory Diseases.The Centres for

Disease Control andPrevention said thethimerosal-free vaccine,meant for children 6-to-36 months old, was fullypotent when released buthad dropped 12 percentduring follow-up testing,the Times reported.

The recall of theprefilled syringes, whichwere released a monthago, is voluntary. Doctorsare being told to returnany supplies they haveleft.—Internet

Neuron grafts help ratsregain lost memory

BANGALORE, 16 Dec — Scientists in India say aninjection of nerve cells into damaged areas of thebrains of rats restores the animals’ spatial memoryand their ability to learn.

Scientists at India’s National Institute for MentalHealth and Neuro Sciences and the National Centrefor Biological Sciences injected a chemical into 48adult rats that destroyed neurons in the hippocampus,a structure in the brain characterized by the scientistsas the seat of learning and memory.

The researchers said they then transplantedhippocampal cells from newborn mice into thehippocampi of half the brain-damaged rats. After twomonths, the scientists measured the learning andmemory of the rats by their performance in twocommon maze tests. Results showed rats given thetransplanted cells fully recovered their capacity to learnand remember. In contrast, the brain-damaged rats notgiven the transplanted cells failed to recover, and hadmany problems learning how to navigate the maze.

The scientists said the transplanted cells led to thesecretion of growth factors that promoted developmentof neurons and other cells that give rise to neurons.

The findings appear in the journal BehavioralNeuroscience.—Internet

Hormoneleptin tied to

lowerAlzheimer’s

BOSTON, 16 Dec —High levels of thehormone leptin havebeen linked to lowerrates of Alzheimer ’sdisease, researchers inBoston have discovered.

The researchers atBoston University say—if confirmed, theirfindings, which appearin The Journal of theAmerican MedicalAssociation, could proveimportant in the hunt foreffective preventionand treatment ofAlzheimer’s, WebMDreported on Tuesday.

Leptin, which isproduced by fat cells, isconsidered critical forregulating hunger andweight. The body ofevidence is growing thatit also plays a role inbrain development andmemory.

Research shows leptinreduces concentrationsof B-amyloid, the majorcomponent of thedeposits, or plaques, thatoccur in the brains ofpeople with Alzhei-mer’s.

The latest study of785 elderly people foundthat after 12 years offollow-up, those withthe lowest leptin levelswere roughly four timesmore likely than thosewith the highest levels todevelop Alzheimer ’sdisease.

Internet

Statins tested to treatH1N1 lung distress

Americans have more access to cancer drugs

SAN ANTONIO, 16 Dec— Researchers at theUniversity of Texas HealthScience Centre at SanAntonio are studyingtreating H1N1 causedacute respiratory distresssyndrome with statins.

“We are studyingpatients with H1N1 whoare in their 20s and 30s andbecome severely sick,even to the point of havinglungs that are white withinflammation,” leadinvestigator Dr AntonioAnzueto, a pulmonologistand professor in the HealthScience Centre School ofMedicine, said in astatement. “Susceptibleindividuals includewomen in the lasttrimester of pregnancy,and men and women with

underlying conditionssuch as asthma, obesity,diabetes and heartdisease.”

Statin drugs areapproved for loweringcholesterol for heartdisease but are notcurrently used for acuterespiratory distresssyndrome.—Internet

BALTIMORE, 16 Dec — US cancerpatients with insurance have access tomore drugs than do British patients, butpay out of pocket for some that Brits getfree, researcher say.

Study leader Ruth R. Faden, directorof The Johns Hopkins Berman Institutefor Bioethics in Baltimore, and colleaguescompared the costs of 11 high-pricedcancer drugs in Britain and America.Seven of the medications are free to allBritish patients, who pay no out-of-pocketcosts.

The other four are not covered in theBritish National Health Service systembecause policy-makers have determinedthe costs are not worth the limited benefitsthey provide. British patients can pay forthese drugs themselves.

Most US patients who have health

insurance have some coverage for all 11drugs, but the out-of-pocket costs forpeople on US Medicare range from$1,200 to $24,000, and because manycancer patients on Medicare are on morethan one drug, their out-of-pocket costsare often much higher, the study said.

Patients with no insurance or limitedinsurance may have no access to the drugsbecause the costs exceed $100,000annually in some cases, the study said.

For many, certain drugs will onlyextend life for a few weeks or months,and that time can be marked by severeside effects from the drugs themselves,but choosing which path to pursue at theend of life is an agonizing decision,Faden noted in an article for theDecember issue of Milbank Quarterly.

Internet

A group of swans swim in the Yellow River Marsh near Pinglu county ofnorth China’s Shanxi Province on 14 Dec, 2009. Numerous birds of passage

overwinter here as the marsh environment has been greatly improved inrecent years.—XINHUA

A tourist boat sails on theArgentino lake past a

block of ice that fell fromArgentina’s Perito Morenoglacier near the city of El

Calafate, in thePatagonian Province of

Santa Cruz, on 15December, 2009. Scientistswarn that glaciers in the

Andes are melting becauseof the effects of climate

change.INTERNET

Residents save their belongings as fire razes through food stalls and houses ata slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 16 Dec, 2009. The cause of the fire was not

immediately known. There were no reports of casualties.—INTERNET

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McCarthy defiant as weakenedWolves lose to United

MANCHESTER, 16 Dec—Wolves manager MickMcCarthy insisted he had no regrets about changinghis entire outfield line-up for the 3-0 Premier Leagueloss away to Manchester United here at Old Trafford.

Wolves supporters vented their fury at their man-ager who changed every player, with the exception ofAmerican goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann, from theside that won impressively at Tottenham at the week-end.

They chanted: “What a waste of money, Where isour first team” and “Forty quid to watch the reserves”as Wolves were easily beaten on Tuesday.

But McCarthy, whose relegation-threatened teamhave a far more ‘winnable’ game against Burnley onSunday, insisted he was obliged to make changes.

“I played the best team available to me tonight; thefittest, best and strongest team I could pick, that hadn’tplayed on Saturday,” he said. “That was my best teamavailable because they were all fresh legs.

“I can understand the fans but that is my first team.I’ve got 21 players to pick from and they are all firstteam players, they are my first team squad.

“I would hope they understand that because mydecisions will be judged on whether we stay in thePremier League.

Internet

Manchester United’s Michael Owen (2nd L)shields the ball from Wolverhampton Wanderers’Michael Mancienne (2nd R) during their EnglishPremier League soccer match at Old Trafford inManchester, northern England, on 15 Dec, 2009.

Manchester won 3-0.—XINHUA

Miller at the double as Rang-ers go top

Kenny Miller

Hargreaves still has WorldCup shot - Capello

Manchester Unitedmidfielder

Owen Hargreaves

Birmingham City’sCameron Jerome (R) cel-ebrates scoring his sec-ond goal with Bir-mingham City’s BarryFerguson against Black-burn Rovers during aPremier League match atSt Andrews in Birming-ham. Birmingham won

2-1.—INTERNET

Five-star Birminghamkeep on climbing

Klitschko reaches agreementto fight Haye

WBC heavyweightchampion boxer VitaliKlitschko of Ukrainereacts after winning

against contender KevinJohnson of the US after

their 12-round WBCheavyweight title fight

in Bern on 12 Dec,2009.—INTERNET

BIRMINGHAM, 16 Dec—A Cameron Jerome doublegave Birmingham a 2-1win over Blackburn asAlec McLeish’s sideclaimed a fifth consecutivewin in the Premier Leaguefor the first time in theclub’s history on Tuesday.

Ryan Nelsen ensureda nervy finish for Bir-mingham but McLeish’smen held out for threepoints that lifted them tosixth place in the table.Blackburn boss SamAllardyce restored JasonRoberts and NikolaKalinic to his side at theexpense of fellow strikersFranco Di Santo and BenniMcCarthy, while El-HadjiDiouf and Morten GamstPedersen replaced the in-jured Vince Grella andDavid Hoilett.

McLeish kept faith withthe side that had beatenWest Ham at the weekend,which meant former Scot-land captain Barry Fergusonlining up against the clubwhere he suffered aserious knee injury duringa previous spell in the Eng-lish top flight.—Internet

LONDON, 16 Dec—Eng-land manager FabioCapello is adamant there isstill enough time for Man-chester United mid-fielderOwen Hargreaves to earna place in next year’ssquad for the World Cupin South Africa.

The 28-year-old Har-greaves, who unusually foran England player is at

home with the role of a de-fensive midfielder, hasbeen out of action fornearly 15 months after un-dergoing surgery on bothknees to cure a tendinitisproblem. But the formerBayern Munich player ison the brink of returningto full training andCapello, asked aboutHargreaves’s possible in-clusion in his 23-manWorld Cup squad, saidTuesday: “Why not? Hecan because he has time torecover everything. He hasto play. Players who do notplay will not be with me.”

The Italian, speaking atthe unveiling of north Lon-don club Barnet’s newtraining facilities, added: “Ispoke to him two monthsago, I met him in Manches-ter and he was just ready tostart training. But now heis not fit.—Internet

DUNDEE, 16 Dec—Kenny Miller struck twiceas Rangers returned to thetop of the Scottish Pre-mier League with a 3-0win over Dundee Unitedin a rearranged game atTannadice on Tuesday.

A sublime strike fromDaMarcus Beasley wasenough to separate thesides at half-time beforeMiller scored a second-half double to send Rang-ers one point clear of ri-vals Celtic in the race forthe championship.

The Old Firm side willfeel justice has beenserved after the originalfixture between the pairon 1 November wasabandoned at half-timedue to a water-loggedpitch with Rangers lead-ing 1-0.

“It was one of thosedays with too many play-ers underperforming andnot getting a foothold inthe game,” DundeeUnited manager CraigLevein said.

“In my eyes we justdidn’t perform anywherethe level we can do andthis was a wake-up call.”

Walter Smith was de-

lighted with the win at avenue Rangers havestruggled at in recentyears.

“It has been a difficultplace for us over the lastfew seasons and tonight Ifelt we played extremelywell and thoroughly de-served the win,” theRangers manager said.

“Dundee United weretaking a lot of confidencefrom the run that they’vehad and I felt we neededa performance like thattonight.”

After a cagey openingten minutes the firstchance of the game fell toRangers with NickyWeaver producing a superone-handed save to keepout Beasley’s snap shotfrom 25 yards.

Internet

KIEV, 16 Dec—WBCheavyweight championVitali Klitschko hasreached a preliminaryagreement to fight Brit-ain’s WBA championDavid Haye, the Ukrain-ian was quoted as sayingon Tuesday.

Klitschko easily re-tained his WBC worldheavyweight title on Sat-urday, winning a unani-

mous points decisionagainst American chal-lenger Kevin Johnson.

Haye won the WBAbelt from Russian NikolaiValuev in November andmust next fight the WBA’smandatory challengerJohn Ruiz before any fightwith Klitschko. Media re-ports said the Ruiz fightcould be in March orApril.

“In the near future Iplan to fight Haye andtake the title,” Ukrainiandaily Fakty quotedKlitschko as saying.

“The preliminaryagreement has alreadybeen reached.”

Haye said last monthhe was hoping for a“mega-showdown” withthe Ukrainian.

Former WBA cham-pion Valuev said he wasalso looking to fightKlitschko.

Internet

Corinthians begin to sellRoberto Carlos jersey

RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 Dec—The Corinthians soccerclub began to sell Roberto Carlos’ jersey on Tuesdaywhen the left back has signed a two year contract withthe Brazilian club.

The star defender, who will be wearing number six,has not yet been officially presented to the media andfans, but the club wasted no time in taking advantageof the holidays to sell merchandise.

The jersey is being sold for roughly 80 US dollars. Carlos is expected to have an official welcome cer-

emony on 4 January.Xinhua

Hefford leads Canada to exhibition win over USCALGARY, 16 Dec—Jayna Hefford had two goals to help the Canadian women’s

team beat the United States 6-2 in an exhibition game on Tuesday night.Caroline Ouellette had a goal and three assists and Meghan Agosta finished

with two assists for Canada. Shannon Szabados had 20 saves.Meghan Duggan and Monique Lamoureux scored for the US, which fell to 0-4

against Canada in a six-game exhibition series between the countries leading upto the Vancouver Olympics. Molly Schaus stopped 24 shots in the loss.

The series concludes with games 30 Dec in St Paul, Minn, and 1 Jan in Ottawa.Lamoureux’s power-play tally at 4:44 in the second gave the US a 2-1 lead but

that was it for the Americans.Hefford scored both of her goals to give Canada the lead and Marie-Philip Poulin

converted a power-play opportunity late in the second to make it 4-2. GinaKingsbury and Cherie Piper tacked on goals in the third.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, isolated light rain hasbeen in Kachin State, weather has been partly cloudy inRakhine State, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisionsand generally fair in the remaining areas. Nighttemperatures were (6°C) below December averagetemperatures in Northern Shan State, (3°C) to (4°C) belowDecember average temperatures in Chin and RakhineStates, Sagaing, Magway and Yangon Divisions, (3°C) to(4°C) above December average temperatures in Kachin,Mon States and Taninthayi Division and about Decemberaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant night temperatures were Loilem (0°C) ,Pinlaung (2°C), Lashio (3°C), Namsam, Heho and Haka(4°C) each and Mogok (5°C).

Maximum temperature on 15-12-2009 was 92°F.Minimum temperature on 16-12-2009 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 16-12-2009 was 72%.Total sun shine hours on 16-12-2009 was (9.1) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 16-12-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom South at (16:30) hours MST on 15-12-2009.

Bay inference: According to the observations at(12:30) hrs M.S.T today, the tropical depression over theSouthwest Bay is almost stationary and is centered at about(80) miles East-Southeast of Nagapattinam, India. It isforecast to move Northwest wards slow. Weather is partlycloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 17th December 2009:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin State andAyeyawady Divisions and weather will be partly cloudyin the remaining States and Divisions. Degree of cerataintyis (60%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slightdecrease of night temperatures in the Eastern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for17-12-2009: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for17-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for17-12-2009: Fair weather.

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Microsoft browserpledge ends EU disputeBRUSSELS, 16 Dec—

EU regulators accepted apledge by Microsoft toallow rival Internetbrowsers on its systems,ending a long antitrustdispute with the USsoftware maker.

Competition Comm-issioner Neelie Kroes saidmillions of Europeanconsumers would benefitby being able to choosetheir browser and thedecision would encourageweb companies toinnovate.

Microsoft will allowusers to select from among12 browsers including itsown Internet Explorer,Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’sSafari and Google’sChrome on more than 100million PCs from mid-March.

Workers paint the exterior of an unfinishedsupermarket building in Nanjing, Jiangsu

province on 14 December 2009.INTERNET

The decision avertedanother penalty forMicrosoft which has beenfined 1.68 billion euros($2.44 billion) by theEuropean Commission forprevious infringements ofanti-competition rules.

The European Unionexecutive saidMicrosoft’s legallybinding pledge addressedits concerns that thecompany may havebreached EU antitrustrules by bundling itsInternet Explorer webbrowser with its dominantWindows operatingsystem.

Microsoft will alsogive computer makers theoption to turn off InternetExplorer or install a rivalbrowser, the Commissionsaid.—Internet

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2nd Waxing of Pyatho 1371 ME Thursday, 17 December, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

Significant night temperatures

(16-12-2009)Loilem (0°C)Pinlaung (2°C)Lashio (3°C)Namhsan, Heho andHaka (4°C)Mogok (5°C)

Daw Aung San Suu Kyipays respects to elderly

NLD leaders

YANGON, 16 Dec—In accordance with therequest she made to the Head of State, Daw AungSan Suu Kyi met elderly leaders of the NationalLeague for Democracy — Chairman U AungShwe, Secretary U Lwin and CEC Member ULun Tin — from 11 am to 11.45 am at SeinleKantha Guesthouse here today and paid respectsto them.—MNA

Storm NewsNAY PYI TAW, 16 Dec—According to the

observations at 5.30 pm MST today, the tropicalstorm over southwest Bay of Bengal became toabate and turned into low pressure area.

MNA

Scientists decode memory-forming braincell conversations

Artist's rendering of neurons.

LONDON, 16 Dec—The conversations neu-rons have as they formand recall memories havebeen decoded by Medi-cal College of Georgia

scientists.The break-through in recognizing inreal time the formation andrecollection of a memoryopens the door to objec-tive, thorough memory

studies and eventuallybetter therapies, said Dr.Joe Tsien, neuroscientistand co-director of MCG'sBrain & Behavior Discov-ery Institute. He is corre-sponding author on thestudy published on 16Dec, in PLoS ONE.

"It's a beginning, afirst glimpse of amemory," Dr. Tsien said."For the first time it givesus the ability to look at thebrain dynamic and tellwhat kind of memory isformed, what are the com-ponents of the memoryand how the memory isretrieved at the networklevel." The finding could

help pinpoint at what stagememory formation isflawed and whether drugsare improving it.

For their studies,MCG scientists combinednew technology and com-putational methods withcentury-old Pavlovianconditioning.

In the memory centerof the brain, they used 128electrodes capable of moni-toring a handful of neuronseach to simultaneouslyrecord the conversations of200 to 300 neurons as micelearned to associate a cer-tain tone with a mild footshock 20 seconds later.

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